Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-16
RECKLESS POLITICIANS.

A MINER dispatch Of q recent date noted
tho receipt OF certain papers from members
OF the Indiana Legislature, in which it is
held that Senator Harrison was reelected
by that body to succeed himself in the
United States Senate. The papers were re-
fsrrsd to the Committee ON Elections.
What action will be taken upon them re.
mains to bs seen, but it is not hardly
within the range OF possibilities that such
men a. Edmunds and warts can be in.
duesd to lend their aid to the attempt to
seat Harrison by reckless politicians OF
Indiana.
OF the presidency in 1867 has led to the
sndsav0r to commit lesser crimes OF like
character by unprincipled Republicans.
The precedent is still strong with them. At
that time the country saw a party which
had been fairly beaten ut the polls seat its
dsfea-sd candidate in the presidential chair
simply by the exhibition Of what is termed
in these latter days NERVE" The party
claimed everything and threatened to in.
volvs the country in war if its demands |
were not complied with, and thus succeeded |
in overcoming IA decisive victory at the bal
lot box. Since that memorable time men |
have not been found wanting, when politi.
cal contests have been close, to set about
the accomplishment of the same work in
the same old way. The fact that in many
instances the reckless politicians of the Re.
publican camp have not succeeded is due in
a large measure to the latent public loath-
ing in which the first great fraud is still
held. There were many daring leaders who
would have tried the experiment over
again in 1884, but the people would have
none OF it.
Indiana. however, holds a few OF this
reckless class who would try to steal a
United States Senator. They appear to
have gone mad because a few Republicans
OF the Legislature permitted the Democrats
to elect Judge Turpie, when his election
could have been prevented as easily as the
electoral vote OF South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana were stolen from Tilden.
Those contemplate shriekers are now viii.
Tying men OF their own party who refused
to have a ham in any such proceedings.
and are now engineering the game to count {
Harrison in.
But had those few Republicans needed !
the advice given them by the bosses OF the {
party in Indiana no appeal to the Senate &
would be necessary. All that was asked of c
tho Indiana Republicans was that they
should upseat enough Democrats in the
lower House OF the Legislature togive their
own party a majority on JOINT ballot.
The question OF right or wrong was not n
at all, nor did it enter into the il
matter. With those unprincipled politi- "
clans, it was simply a question OF might. u
1t was a dirty scheme; too dirty for many q
members OF the Republican minority, and n
for the good name OF the State I
md Tor the reputation OF popular govern.
mont it failed. The members could not be Il
driven by its constituencies leaders into an b
enterprise which every fair-minded man II
know was vicious in it's design and ~revolu. h
in ito results. g,
So these same leaders have made I'M Il
What they call "a case'' and presented it TO Ell
ne United States Senate. They hope b
enough OF the spirit OF 1876 still fingers in W
he highest Legislative body in the country b
% eecond their designs. Under the shadow n
II the building from whence a Presidency
stolen they hope to perpetrato a crime, a
'ut ono remove in magnitude from that m
which heightened their lease of power a de. If
ads ago. 81